Ledger Stone 48
~ Marble ~ Bold text that is in good condition, a large motif of a skull and crossbones sit centrally on stone. The style of text matches his wife’s stone, found in the south aisle.
~ Orientation ~ North/South ~ North Aisle ~ 135 x 60 cm // 4’5″ x 2′
Here Lyeth ye Body of
Edward Sumars of Hath of
the Pareth of Faly ner South
hampton and his man Laft him
and for want of help Lost
his Life and Vasell in the
68 year of his age 1708
stone citation
this ƒton was ƒat up by his wife
Sarah Sumars
A Sarah Summers was buried at Talland Church 14 January 1710/1711
Widow Ledger Stone 9
Hampshire records show a Will, dated 1710, of widow Sarah Summers (1652-1710) née Durrant, of Hythe, Fawley, in Hampshire, located on The Solent, which is where her husband, Edward Summers (1640-1708) met his demise, as written on his ledger. They were married on 30th December 1675 in Fawley, Hampshire.
Talland Church Headstones 
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